Quabbin schools proposed budget would cut 4 teachers
BARRE – The fiscal 2019 Quabbin Regional School District budget of $34,173,990 was presented Thursday night at a sparsely-attended public hearing at the district administration building. The budget represents a $654,933 or 1.95 percent increase over current spending and is based on the January … Read More
Joan Silber, Frances FitzGerald win Critics Circle awards
Joan Silber, Frances FitzGerald and Caroline Fraser are among the winners of National Book Critics Circle awards. Silber won in fiction on Thursday night in New York City for her novel "Improvement." FitzGerald's "The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America" was honored for nonfiction and … Read More
Fitchburg man pleads guilty to dealing oxycodone
Marc Merchant, 53, pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman scheduled sentencing for June 7. According to the office of U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling, on three occasions, Mr. Merchant distributed … Read More
Loyola Chicago’s Jackson has homecoming to remember
Lonnie Walker IV, Miami's best player, had just watched the front end of his 1-and-1 bounce around the rim six times before falling off on the left side, where it pin-balled into the eager hands of Loyola Chicago guard Ben Richardson. There were 9 seconds left in this thrilling NCAA …
Convenience store heists lead to jail
An Eau Claire man will spend one year in jail for his role in robbing or attempting to rob three Eau Claire convenience stores and one in Foster over a one-week period. “There weren't any guns, but there was a certain amount of physicality involved,” Eau Claire County Judge John …
Southbridge woman charged with biting chunk out of boyfriend’s forehead
SOUTHBRIDGE – A 46-year-old woman allegedly bit a chunk of skin from her live-in boyfriend's forehead Wednesday, police said. Joyce E. Owens of 116 Charlton St., Apt. 2R, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Dudley District Court to charges of mayhem and assault and battery on a member of her … Read …
Defending champion Wesleyan returns to NAIA tourney but quickly is shown the door
Hoping to repeat the joy of last season's storybook run to the NAIA basketball title, Texas Wesleyan instead felt a cold slap of reality Thursday night in a 70-61 first-round loss to Iowa's Graceland University in Kansas City. The two-time national champion Rams (22-11 and ranked 15th) were eliminated on … …
Evans’ electric second half secures Texas Tech’s victory, subdues SFA’s upset aspirations
But for Keenan Evans, Texas Tech's superstar All-American guard from Richardson Berkner, that gene is as prevalent in his DNA as tortillas are to the fabric of Red Raiders lore. Evans was not good in the first half of the 3rd-seed's opening round game against a tough, and rugged 14th-seeded …
When does chit-chat between Earl Thomas, Cowboys become reality?
And a few reports indicate the Dallas Cowboys have some interest in one of the NFL's best safeties. There is a hook. Sort of. Thomas, an Orange, Texas, native conveyed his interest in joining the Cowboys when the two teams met this past season. Thomas is the latest, and one …
Telegram Forbids People, Nations Under Sanction From Buying Gram Cryptocurrency
People who are on the sanctions list of the US, UK, European Union or United Nations will not be allowed to take part in Telegram Open Network initial coin offerings (ICOs) and will be forbidden from buying Gram cryptocurrency by the official Telegram group investor agreement, Russian news agency … Read …